Shivam Bakshi
Poonch, Oct 19 (NVI): A GREF labourer was killed and four others were injured after large rocks fell on them during road construction work in Sawajian area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday, officials said.
The incident occurred at Agan Pathri village in Sawajian area of Mandi tehsil when the labourers were engaged in a road construction project, they said.
The deceased was identified as Mohd Bashir (45), son of Ali Mohd and a resident of Danna Gagrian in Sawajian. He died on the spot, while four other labourers sustained injuries after rocks rolled down and struck them.
The injured were shifted to a hospital for treatment, officials said.
All the victims were working as labourers with the General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF), they added.
Further details are awaited.—(NVI)
